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john mccain's widow. if ty were to go that direction, it would fall in sort of a long tradition of wies being named to their husbands' seats after their husbandss have died. in the old days, that was how women got into congress. >> well, and just from that po that i noted that folks in arizona and in the republican party do not -- are not embracing, whether john mccain or jeff flake, th maverick outsider not sticking with trump, not sticking with the pay line kind persona. so my expectation is doocy'sg go nominate somebody who is going to be a reliable vote, and that's going to be important for mitch mcconnell going into these next few months where he will now finally have 51 votes. >> yang: about a minute left in. florida, another primary tomorrow, one of the gubernatorial candidates really wanted presidentenrump's rsement, got it, is running against a republican who worked through the ranks, did all the things you're supposed to do if you want to advan in the party and become governor -- what does this
john mccain's widow. if ty were to go that direction, it would fall in sort of a long tradition of wies being named to their husbands' seats after their husbandss have died. in the old days, that was how women got into congress. >> well, and just from that po that i noted that folks in arizona and in the republican party do not -- are not embracing, whether john mccain or jeff flake, th maverick outsider not sticking with trump, not sticking with the pay line kind persona. so my...
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you talk about the small gap between the private john mccain psd the public john mccain. his character juut throughout this book. you talk about, as yosaid, the impatience, generosity, restlessness, how he barely ever lost hope. you said what mattered to him is you acted honorably in service of something more importantly th yourself and you treated people fairly. it was pretty straightfs ward. >> he man who lived by a code he learned from his father and his grandfather a from his family were in the military and every generation as far back as the revolution. he got it from the hoor codes at the episcopal boarding school where he went to high school and the navel academy, even thgh heas very rebellious in both those places, he never vioted the honor code he lived by and i think the central premise of th code is you redeem yourself from your flaws and failings through courage and self-sacrifice and service to otherand he did that at great cost over and over again. >> woodruff: and you write, we remember john mccain fis fight for campaign finance reform, for immigration refo
you talk about the small gap between the private john mccain psd the public john mccain. his character juut throughout this book. you talk about, as yosaid, the impatience, generosity, restlessness, how he barely ever lost hope. you said what mattered to him is you acted honorably in service of something more importantly th yourself and you treated people fairly. it was pretty straightfs ward. >> he man who lived by a code he learned from his father and his grandfather a from his family...
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you talk about the small gap between the private john mccain and the public john mccain. his character jumps out throughout thibook. you talk about the impatience,th generosity, the restlessness, how he rarely lost hope. but the bottom line, what mattered to him is that you acted honorably invi s of yourself and you ted peoplean fairly. it was pretty straightforward. mark: heho was a manived by a code, one he learned from his father and grandfather, and family in the military, and every generation as far back as the revolution. at the episcopalian school and the naval academy, even though heh was rebellious in bose places. it never violated the honor code, he lived b the central premise to him, you redeem yourself from your flaws and failings through courage and self-sacrifi and service to others he did that at great cost over a over again. judy: we remember john mccain for his fightor finance reform, immigration reform, his advocacy of a strong defense, his choice of sarah palin as his running mate when he was the republican nominee in 2008. but it was the summer of 2017
you talk about the small gap between the private john mccain and the public john mccain. his character jumps out throughout thibook. you talk about the impatience,th generosity, the restlessness, how he rarely lost hope. but the bottom line, what mattered to him is that you acted honorably invi s of yourself and you ted peoplean fairly. it was pretty straightforward. mark: heho was a manived by a code, one he learned from his father and grandfather, and family in the military, and every...
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remembering senator john mccain. and, much more. dr >> wf: last night was the final time this year we will have primary election results from more than one state. lisa desjardins reports on what the winners in arizona and florida tell us about the 2018 midterms. >> reporter: he entered election day behi in funding and behind in the polls, but last night, democrat andrew gillum pulled off an historic upset in florida. democrats narrowly picked the progressive tallahassee mayor b ovter-known and more moderate opponents, like gwen graham, a former congresswoman and daughter of former governor bob graham. gillum is the state's first black nominee for governor, onef hree african american gubernatorial candidates this year, along with fello democrats ben jealous in maryland and stacey abrams in georgia. >> just a few people who said this moment would not be possible. ( cheers ) a few. and then there were, and then there were, and then there were a few more, who believed this thing was possible. ( cheers ) >> reporter: this
remembering senator john mccain. and, much more. dr >> wf: last night was the final time this year we will have primary election results from more than one state. lisa desjardins reports on what the winners in arizona and florida tell us about the 2018 midterms. >> reporter: he entered election day behi in funding and behind in the polls, but last night, democrat andrew gillum pulled off an historic upset in florida. democrats narrowly picked the progressive tallahassee mayor b...
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john mccain's biographermb res the late senator. mark selds and david brooks analyze the week's news.r and, much moe. >> woodruff: for decades, louisiana locknsed up its citi who had been convicted of crimes at nearly wice the national rate-- many for nonviolent offenses, and for far longer terms, without the chance for probation or parole. buover the past year, louisiana has attempted to systemul that correspondent william brangham, in partnership with the pulitzee er, reports now, it's the next installment in our ser s "chasing tream," on poverty and opportunity in america. >> brangham: hi sekou walked free today for the first time in 41 years. ahe was locked up decad, for second-degree murder and armed robbery. what are the next couple of days and weeks going to be like? >> connecting with people i hadn't seen in so long, places, people, things i haven't did, things that i took f granted before i left this freedom. enjoy what freedom is. understand thens resility that come with freedom. >> brangham: sekou can enjoy that freedom t
john mccain's biographermb res the late senator. mark selds and david brooks analyze the week's news.r and, much moe. >> woodruff: for decades, louisiana locknsed up its citi who had been convicted of crimes at nearly wice the national rate-- many for nonviolent offenses, and for far longer terms, without the chance for probation or parole. buover the past year, louisiana has attempted to systemul that correspondent william brangham, in partnership with the pulitzee er, reports now, it's...
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what was it about john mccain, do you think? >> i think he lived life, he had seen a lot, he believein country first. he had sved our country honorably, and he was alwaysth thinking about. he just had a big-picture view, and getting a problem res was the paramount thing. it wasn't party first, it was untry first, and he was able to just try to reachcompromi in that way, not to compromise his values but to find a way to find common ground, and those are two very different thing woodruff: i was just going to say that i think torture, an issue that came up after the invasion of i that came up as an issue, and your hus and senator mccain, who, unlike most other republicans, said this is something we can't stand for. >> well, john knew really painfully and from firsthand experience what torture was, and felt that it was a violation of our american values to hae torture as a tool of war, and teddy was vehemently opposed to torture, and that was a place where they found common ground. so in armed services committee hearings, ty would b
what was it about john mccain, do you think? >> i think he lived life, he had seen a lot, he believein country first. he had sved our country honorably, and he was alwaysth thinking about. he just had a big-picture view, and getting a problem res was the paramount thing. it wasn't party first, it was untry first, and he was able to just try to reachcompromi in that way, not to compromise his values but to find a way to find common ground, and those are two very different thing woodruff: i...
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john mccain dressed almost the way he used to be at campaign events in new hampshire. he said he's here to defeat president obama, which, of course, is the man who beat john mccain. the key here is that john mccain did north and the west parts of new hampshire and mitt romney who used to be governor of massachusetts always did well in the southeast. if you can get that support together it will give him the deal even though mitt romney is far ahead in the polls so far and frankly it wasn't all that. it was a lot of people in the room, a lot of school kids who came up from the high school cafeteria and there wasn't a lot of enthusiasm. there was some weak applause from time to time. it was odd for a campaign launch event? new hampshire post-iowa. >>. >> woodruff: gwen, as you say, mitt romney has the lead in the polls in new hampshire so how much of a bounce do his people think he gets out of this photo-finish win in iowa? >> well, winning tight is better than a poke in the eye with a stick. but it's unyear that translates into new hampshire. mike huckabee won in iowa pr
john mccain dressed almost the way he used to be at campaign events in new hampshire. he said he's here to defeat president obama, which, of course, is the man who beat john mccain. the key here is that john mccain did north and the west parts of new hampshire and mitt romney who used to be governor of massachusetts always did well in the southeast. if you can get that support together it will give him the deal even though mitt romney is far ahead in the polls so far and frankly it wasn't all...
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senator john mccain, thank you very much for4ñh> talking with . >> thank you. rough fluff this election year, american voters facing two very different visions about what should be done about the economy. what would governor romney do that would give the economy a boost? get it moving? >> i think one of the things that governor romney would do is to declare that we would basically have a halt to new federal regulations, that he would make sure that the tax cuts are permanent, at least untilññ'l economy can... is on a road to recovery i think there's no doubt that for example we have $1.5 trillion sitting overseas if businesses would provide a plan for investment and hiring he'd let them come back and not be taxed at the highest corporate tax rate in the world. but most of all i think he would give confidence to the markets and to the businesses that are holding back into that we would have a climate that which is basically pro-business. now, whether it's right or wrong there are many businesses today that believe this administration is anti-business so theref
senator john mccain, thank you very much for4ñh> talking with . >> thank you. rough fluff this election year, american voters facing two very different visions about what should be done about the economy. what would governor romney do that would give the economy a boost? get it moving? >> i think one of the things that governor romney would do is to declare that we would basically have a halt to new federal regulations, that he would make sure that the tax cuts are permanent, at...
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john mccain's vote flying back kept the debate alive, allowing the motion to proceed, and john mccain applied the -- gave the speech, once he had the whole audience there of senators, and he told them what they had done wrong, that they all stood accused, cheap partisanship replaced any sense of legislating, and i really do think that his vote -- we found out that the tees t testosteronl among republicans were limited to two members whose names were lisa and susan, and john mccain joined that want trio and showed, i thought, distinct political courage and for the right reasons. >> woodruff: and some of the republican men in the house of representatives went after those women, as a matter of fact. >> yes. >> woodruff: it does raise a question. people are watching this, david, and have to be asking is anything going to get done in our nation's capitol? with the white house in some measure of chaos, yes, there have been some changes, but where's the -- you know, what are people to look forward to now? >> yeah, i don't think much is going to get done. i don't think they're going to do tax
john mccain's vote flying back kept the debate alive, allowing the motion to proceed, and john mccain applied the -- gave the speech, once he had the whole audience there of senators, and he told them what they had done wrong, that they all stood accused, cheap partisanship replaced any sense of legislating, and i really do think that his vote -- we found out that the tees t testosteronl among republicans were limited to two members whose names were lisa and susan, and john mccain joined that...
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and i'll go back the john mccain's words. let's go back to the committee process and start working together. but that's going to have to be something that mitch mcconnell requires rather than trying the craft something with a limited number of people and a limited number of input that actually doesn't move the healthcare system forward and make it more affordable, especially for folks in middle america, because we really get pounded by proposals like the house bill or what's even worse the senate healthcare bill that came forth. i mean, it could literally shut down healthcare facilities. and that's what they've told me as i've gone around the state and visited face-to-face with these folks. >> woodruff: well, senator, what we're hearing now is that the version that may have the best chance is what they're calling "skinny repeal," which wouldn't do away with everything, but it would do away with the individual mandate. it would do away i gather with employer mandate penalty and the medical device tax. is that something that co
and i'll go back the john mccain's words. let's go back to the committee process and start working together. but that's going to have to be something that mitch mcconnell requires rather than trying the craft something with a limited number of people and a limited number of input that actually doesn't move the healthcare system forward and make it more affordable, especially for folks in middle america, because we really get pounded by proposals like the house bill or what's even worse the...
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john mccain gave a big thumbs down to the graham-cassidy he'll bill today. one of the main reasons he wants to work with democrats on a plan to overhaul health care. could that happen after seven years of partisan bickering and rising tensions between the u.s. and north korea as president trump and kim jong un exchange insults. we cover it all tonight on "washington week." judy? >> woodruff: and we will be watching. and on tomorrow's edition of pbs newshour weekend, the latest updates from mexico and puerto rico and german chancellor angela merkel seeks a forth term in sunday's national elections. >> andreas says merkel's case for a fourth term rests on her leadership of the european union, at a time when the u.k. is withdrawing from the e.u., and american leadership of the west is in doubt on issues ranging from battling climate change to standing up to russia. >> i notice sips accompanying her on her trips that in china and the u.s. and the gulf states, they all said you are the one responsible for the euro, you are responsible for fixing europe. >> woodru
john mccain gave a big thumbs down to the graham-cassidy he'll bill today. one of the main reasons he wants to work with democrats on a plan to overhaul health care. could that happen after seven years of partisan bickering and rising tensions between the u.s. and north korea as president trump and kim jong un exchange insults. we cover it all tonight on "washington week." judy? >> woodruff: and we will be watching. and on tomorrow's edition of pbs newshour weekend, the latest...
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should do, with democratic senator tim kaine and republican senator john mccain. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. also ahead this wednesday, general motors c.e.o. mary barra faces tough questions from lawmakers over deadly defects, on the heels of the company's most recent major recall. >> woodruff: and it's some people's worst fear, getting bitten by a poisonous snake. about 100,000 people around the world die from them every year. >> venomous snakes attack more than two million people a year in rural parts of india, asia, africa, central and south america. without timely medical treatment, patients will die. >> woodruff: those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these i
should do, with democratic senator tim kaine and republican senator john mccain. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. also ahead this wednesday, general motors c.e.o. mary barra faces tough questions from lawmakers over deadly defects, on the heels of the company's most recent major recall. >> woodruff: and it's some people's worst fear, getting bitten by a poisonous snake. about 100,000 people around the world die from them every year. >> venomous...
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george bush won by about a 2-to-1 margin over john mccain among republicans. so the overall result, mccain won michigan. i think santorum would like to see that happen again today. the only difference is really when you stop and think about it philosophically there's no reason democrats would really be attracted to rick santorum. >> ifill: how much has mitt romney staked on this win in michigan, his native state and how much hassan tore up spent relatively in terms of time and treasure? >> it looks like romney has outspent santorum about 2-to-1. that sounds like a lot. but guess what. it's not as much as 10-to-1 and 20-to-1 which is about the margin in spending superiority romney had over santorum in all these previous states. santorum kept himself in the race by being able to spend enough to make himself competitive. and then he's relying on the tea partys and the ground game he's mustered to try and put it altogether in one big package today and win the election. >> ifill: it's fair to say there is a very conservative electorate in michigan to make a differe
george bush won by about a 2-to-1 margin over john mccain among republicans. so the overall result, mccain won michigan. i think santorum would like to see that happen again today. the only difference is really when you stop and think about it philosophically there's no reason democrats would really be attracted to rick santorum. >> ifill: how much has mitt romney staked on this win in michigan, his native state and how much hassan tore up spent relatively in terms of time and treasure?...
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john mccain never wore a flag lapel. john mccain didn't wave the flag. he defended it and he's been a leader in the united states senate on so many issues and especially, i mean not just simply taking on big tobacco and big money but reaching across the aisle. also the cemeteries of europe full of indispensable men. i would say john mccain is indispensable and i hope he recovers. >> we covered him a long time and we both think highly of him. he's a man with intense honesty. he never lied to himself. >> sreenivasan: all right, david brooks, mark shields. a transcript of this will be very clear. thank you both. >> thank you. >> sreenivasan: tonight, we begin a look back, over the next few weeks, at the unrest that hit cities across america in the summer of 1967. detroit particularly captured the nation's attention. 50 years later, special correspondent soledad o'brien reports on what sparked it all in detroit, and the scars that remain today. >> reporter: on july 23, 1967, detroit was hit by a riot. >> everything broke loose. >> reporter: 43 dead, thousand
john mccain never wore a flag lapel. john mccain didn't wave the flag. he defended it and he's been a leader in the united states senate on so many issues and especially, i mean not just simply taking on big tobacco and big money but reaching across the aisle. also the cemeteries of europe full of indispensable men. i would say john mccain is indispensable and i hope he recovers. >> we covered him a long time and we both think highly of him. he's a man with intense honesty. he never lied...
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i think that john mccain may have made a permanent shift here in his character. he'll be looking out for his legacy. it's probably his last term. he'll probably look to do something big, but he has already gone down such a path of opposition to obama that we're a long way from that. do you remember barack obama threw a dinner in his honor the week of the inauguration to try to show that we can come together. >> lehrer: never happened. >> never happened. >> lehrer: never happened. now, florida the governor's race, that was a big surprise on the republican side. >> on the republican side. first, let's, again, look at at a national story that florida helps tell for the night as well. and that is republican enthusiasm. they've got it on their side. if you just look at the number of people that turned out to vote in the republican primary for the governor's race, versus the number of democrats that showed up for their very competitive senate primary, it's not close, 1.2 million versus 900,000. rick scott, the former health care executive, is the republican there that
i think that john mccain may have made a permanent shift here in his character. he'll be looking out for his legacy. it's probably his last term. he'll probably look to do something big, but he has already gone down such a path of opposition to obama that we're a long way from that. do you remember barack obama threw a dinner in his honor the week of the inauguration to try to show that we can come together. >> lehrer: never happened. >> never happened. >> lehrer: never...
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senator john mccain, the influential izona republican senator and two-time presidential candidate died yesterday at his home near dona arizona. he was 81 and had an aggressive brain cancer for the past year. crowds lined the route as the hearse bearing his body traveled from his ranch to a phoenix funeral home last night. in washington, d.c. flags were twered to half staff. and in vietnam when navy pilot mccain was captive for more than five years as a prisoner of war, mourners placed flowers on a memorial noring him. as senator his political leadersh was key in normalizing relations between vietnam and the u.s. john sidney mccain the third was rn in 1936 on an america naval base, the son of a naval officer stationed in the panama canal zone. he went on to attend the naval academy in annapolis, ryland, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, who both servemias four-star ls. mccain graduated in 1958 and became a navy pilot two years later. he volunteered for combat during the vietnam war. in october of 1967 his plane was shot down over hanoi, during a bombing mission.
senator john mccain, the influential izona republican senator and two-time presidential candidate died yesterday at his home near dona arizona. he was 81 and had an aggressive brain cancer for the past year. crowds lined the route as the hearse bearing his body traveled from his ranch to a phoenix funeral home last night. in washington, d.c. flags were twered to half staff. and in vietnam when navy pilot mccain was captive for more than five years as a prisoner of war, mourners placed flowers...
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. >> woodruff: in a statent, senate armed services chair john mccain called it disgraceful: "no prior president has ever abased himself mor aabjectly befoyrant." house speaker paulyan was less critical, but said that mr. trump, "must appre iate that russnot our ally." other republicans instead cked up mr. trump's concerns about bias in the intelligence community. >> i think for the president to cast doubt is approp >> to cast doubt on the u.s. intelligence community's assessment? >> cast doubt on the validity of any nuer of these things you know that's fair. >> woodruff: dan coats, the director of national intelligence, also responded, insisting, "we will continue to provide unvarnished and objective intelligence in support of our national secuty." the concerns from the other end of pennsylvania avenue will be waiting for the president when he returns to washington late tonight. we now turn to our two reporters who were there in helsinki: white house correspondent yamiche alcindor. and special correspondent ryan chilcote. hello to both of you. s miche, you were in the room during tnew
. >> woodruff: in a statent, senate armed services chair john mccain called it disgraceful: "no prior president has ever abased himself mor aabjectly befoyrant." house speaker paulyan was less critical, but said that mr. trump, "must appre iate that russnot our ally." other republicans instead cked up mr. trump's concerns about bias in the intelligence community. >> i think for the president to cast doubt is approp >> to cast doubt on the u.s. intelligence...
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john mccain." thank you for joining us. cindy: thank you for having me. ♪ judy: now we turn to the analysis of brooks and capehart. that is david brooks and jonathan capehart. hello to both of you on this friday and i have to start by asking you each just for a thought on what cindy mccain had to say,, a lifelong republican, but clearly some distance they are president trump. jonathan: right and i am glad she made the point, she did vote for president biden, she endorsed him in the presidential campaign, but that she is staying within the party. she is not giving up our party to the folks who have taken it over and most definitely not giving up her party to president trump. the through-line through everything that she said was, what is good for the country. how can we talk about these issues civilly? we can disagree with each other but not disagree with each other so much so that we do not see each other's as they human beings. that is the brand of the republican party that i wish would come back
john mccain." thank you for joining us. cindy: thank you for having me. ♪ judy: now we turn to the analysis of brooks and capehart. that is david brooks and jonathan capehart. hello to both of you on this friday and i have to start by asking you each just for a thought on what cindy mccain had to say,, a lifelong republican, but clearly some distance they are president trump. jonathan: right and i am glad she made the point, she did vote for president biden, she endorsed him in the...
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she was standing about three feet away from lindsey graham and john mccain two of the people who were hardest on her for the benghazi matter. we didn't see any interchange at all. usually they studiously ignore each other. >> i did john mccain and lindsey graham hug in an almost unseemly fashion. leon panetta the out going secretary of defense. they have been two of the most critical of the nominee to be his successor, chuck hagel. it is date night too. i want to point out that. the democratic senator from colorado two years ago proposed, judy, that members instead of just democrats sitting with democrats and republicans... this year i think he's doing it with the republican senator from alaska, that peoplec with people from the other party and across the aisle. several members have done it. i think mccain and gram seem to be a couple of them. >> they share the popcorn. woodruff: that's a tradition they started a few years ago. a a number of members picked it up. it seemed to fade. >> it was done right after the gabrielle giffords. >> woodruff: she's here tonight. i don't think we've
she was standing about three feet away from lindsey graham and john mccain two of the people who were hardest on her for the benghazi matter. we didn't see any interchange at all. usually they studiously ignore each other. >> i did john mccain and lindsey graham hug in an almost unseemly fashion. leon panetta the out going secretary of defense. they have been two of the most critical of the nominee to be his successor, chuck hagel. it is date night too. i want to point out that. the...
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arizona's john mccain-- a former white house hopeful himself. he said in a statement that trump's nomination does not give him "unfettered license to defame those who are the best among us." senator kelly ayotte of new hampshire wrote, "i am appalled that donald trump would disparage" the khan family. and there were more: missouri's roy blunt, ohio's rob portman, pennsylvania's pat toomey, and wisconsin's ron johnson, all today separated themselves from trump. and notably, a group usually far outside politics-- the "veterans of foreign wars" or "v.f.w."-- also weighed in, with a statement saying that "to ridicule a gold star mother," it said, "is out-of-bounds." trump himself had addressed his democratic counterpart, hillary clinton, is in nebraska today, but spoke about all this yesterday during her own "rust belt" tour: >> to launch an attack as he did on captain khan's mother, a gold star mother, i don't know where the bounds are. i don't know where the bottom is. >> reporter: team trump, though, has a different take. trump's v.p. nominee, in
arizona's john mccain-- a former white house hopeful himself. he said in a statement that trump's nomination does not give him "unfettered license to defame those who are the best among us." senator kelly ayotte of new hampshire wrote, "i am appalled that donald trump would disparage" the khan family. and there were more: missouri's roy blunt, ohio's rob portman, pennsylvania's pat toomey, and wisconsin's ron johnson, all today separated themselves from trump. and notably, a...
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it is titled stronger courage humor in my life with john mccain. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> woodruff: now we turn to the analysis of brooks and capehart. that is "new york times" columnist david brooks, and jonathan capehart, columnist for the "washington post." hello to both of you on this friday and i have to start by asking you, each, just for a lot on what cindy mccain had to say. jonathan capehart. she says she's a lifelong republican but clearly some distance there with president trump. >> capehart: right. and i'm glad she made the point that yes she did vote for president biden. she endorsed him in the presidential campaign but she's staying within the party. she's not giving up her party to the folks who have taken it over and most definitely not giving up her party to president trump. and the through line through everything she said is, what's good for the country? how can we talk about these issues civilly? we can disagree with each other but not so much so that we don't see each other as human bei
it is titled stronger courage humor in my life with john mccain. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> woodruff: now we turn to the analysis of brooks and capehart. that is "new york times" columnist david brooks, and jonathan capehart, columnist for the "washington post." hello to both of you on this friday and i have to start by asking you, each, just for a lot on what cindy mccain had to say. jonathan capehart. she says she's a...
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thank you. >> arizona have said their final farewells to senator john mccain. a vimorial s today celebrated the state's senator, who died last saturday, at the age of 81. ♪ "amazing grace" flowed from the north baptist church in phoenix this morning as friends, family, ordinary citizens and v.i.p.s honored the life and legacy of senator john mccain. >> it was at the same time a lot of fun and quite terrifying at the same time because of his ridiculously bad driving. >> woodruff: mccain's >> woodruff: mccain's former chief of staff-- and later, arizona state attorney general grant woods-- began with memories of his long-time friend and a defense of his ideals. >> john mccain believed in our constitution and he stood up for it. he fought for it every step of the way. so he would not stand by as people try to trample the constitution, or the bill of rights-- including the first amendment. >> woodruff: long-time friend tommy espinoza-- a democrat and mexican american activist-- rememb to americans of all ethnic backgrounds. >> we all make america great. so i hope
thank you. >> arizona have said their final farewells to senator john mccain. a vimorial s today celebrated the state's senator, who died last saturday, at the age of 81. ♪ "amazing grace" flowed from the north baptist church in phoenix this morning as friends, family, ordinary citizens and v.i.p.s honored the life and legacy of senator john mccain. >> it was at the same time a lot of fun and quite terrifying at the same time because of his ridiculously bad driving....
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and the only explanation that even people who loved john mccain can do at this point is that the fear of being considered soft on taxes, on tax increases would make him vulnerable in the primary and i think for that reason he deserted a position he held. >> there's been a series of shifts back campaign finance, global warming, the gays in the military. there's that element and i can't psycho analyze mccain. i think there's also a great deal of anger in the military -- excuse me, of the media, he was a darling and felt was disloyal to him in the campaign. great deal of anger at president obama who he thinks is a bad president. so i think there's a lot else going on that has to do with running for president, losing that has shifted in a more conservative direction. whether it's intellectual shift, an owe motional shift or political shift caused by jd heyworth. all those things probably played some role in what has been a shift to the right for john mccain. >> does he seem to be more angry than he has been in the past. >> when he came back after he won he was energized. remember the stim
and the only explanation that even people who loved john mccain can do at this point is that the fear of being considered soft on taxes, on tax increases would make him vulnerable in the primary and i think for that reason he deserted a position he held. >> there's been a series of shifts back campaign finance, global warming, the gays in the military. there's that element and i can't psycho analyze mccain. i think there's also a great deal of anger in the military -- excuse me, of the...